25 civil society organisations in Nigeria converge in Abuja to protest the delay by President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill.
The CSOs gathered at the Unity Fountain in the city and urged the president to sign the legislation within the 30-day timeframe and thereafter propose any amendments, if he so desired as he did with the Petroleum Industry Act.
In a tweet, Atedo Peterside, Chairman of the ANAP Foundation, urges Buhari to sign the Electoral Bill so that Nigerians can give him the credit for having done something tangible in the area of electoral reforms.
The President’s seeming reluctance to assent to the bill heightens concerns that he is not favourably disposed to electoral reforms and the conduct of credible elections.
Since 2018, Buhari has rejected the legislation three times.
To present their concerns over the delay in the approval of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill and if they can pressurize the legislature to override the president in the event he rejects the legislation for the fourth time, is Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, the Executive Director of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre.
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